Software Asset Management

Maximising software usage and licence compliance are growing concerns for governments and organisations worldwide. This issue receives significant attention as a result of:

• The proliferation of Free Trade Agreements that require organisations in participating countries to be licence-compliant; and
• The need to maximise an organisation’s investment in software against the backdrop of budgetary constraints and growing workforces.

These factors, combined with the sheer number and complexity of vendors’ licencing options, place a significant management burden on the IT department. Unfortunately no single product exists to ensure software compliance, or guarantee that licences are only deployed to users or computers based on a genuine business need.

Dimension Data’s Software Asset Management service enables clients to:

• Understand application usage and licence compliancy status; 
• Develop plans to optimise software usage (e.g. reallocate unused licenses) and achieve software compliancy; and
• Make informed software purchasing decisions based on a sound understanding of software needs and vendor licensing programmes.

The services consists of two elements:

• Software Licence Asset Management that provides a reconciliation of actual licences purchased against software deployed and presents the findings as web-based reports.
• Software Licence Advice and Consulting Services are provided by licencing specialists as part of volume licence agreement purchases through Dimension Data’s licencing division.

By gaining insight into actual software assets and usage within the business, organisations can potentially achieve considerable cost savings and improve software asset usage.